OFFICIAL Stanford University REA Decisions - Class of 2014

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR 800 Math 800 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 760 Bio E, 760 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: don’t know
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/600 (only top 10% reported)
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Euro, 5 USH, 5 Comp Sci A, 4 Comp Sci AB, 5 Human Geo, 5 Biology, 5 Lit, 5 Lang
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 1 Music (band)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing huge. NCTE Essay Contest winner?</p>

<p>Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Captain) Drumline, (Pres/Founder) Computer Club, (Project lead) Robotics, (Captain) Math Team, Community Service, more that I’m not going to list
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Employed full-time over the summer as a programmer for a market research firm. Snowboarding instructor. Sailing instructor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Computer tutor
[</em>] Summer Activities:[/ul] See above</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: About how I work computers into my life and the like. Hard to explain, really. There’s more to it, but I don’t think you can understand w/o reading it. 8[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: About my summer job.
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: Issac Asimov “What is Intelligence?”
[</em>] Roommate: Hyperbolic, funny essay
[<em>] Why Stanford: Laid-back, yet still kick-ass academically
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Comp sci teacher. I basically taught half the class, so I’m assuming this was awesome
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Lit teacher. Really like me. Nominated me for NCTE. Should have been good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Solid. He likes me.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Went as well as it could have.
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: October 30th or so
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: N/A
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] None</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I know my descriptions were vague, but my essays were really funny and quirky. Also, I broke free from the geek stereotype in my ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: No major awards. Unhooked
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See above + awesome stats.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Wish I would have had USAMO or Intel or something like that. I kept thinking ALL applicants had something big.</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/108812-deferred-stanford-more-meangingful.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/108812-deferred-stanford-more-meangingful.html&lt;/a&gt; (I agree with this person’s statement towards deferrals)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Very average and did not send.
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 710 Math II, 650 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): less than a 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.25-ish?
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/400-ish
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): None (taken the classes, never taken the tests)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):-------
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Harder than anything ever and in mass quantity as well (10 classes mostly weighted/AP + internship). HOLY BUHJEEZUS!
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHD National Qualifier (which means we placed in State and Regional levels beforehand), All-State Band, etc.[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (not filling out, I apologize)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: (not filling out, I apologize)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: (not filling out, I apologize)
[</em>] Summer Activities: (not filling out, I apologize) and it’s not like they even have any room on the Common App for you to list ALL of your credentials…[/ul]</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
Interesting. They were interesting, or at least fun to read. Almost every essay ties in with another essay (or all of them tie together), so that was pleasant.
[</em>] Common App Main: 9 (My life, basically)
[<em>] EC Short Answer: Don’t remember… What was the topic? Elaborate on extra currics? If so, then maybe a 7 (YLL)
[</em>] Intellectual Vitality: 8 (NHD)
[<em>] Roommate: 9 (I talked about my books, if any of you read manga, I mentioned Tokyo Mew Mew in it, IT’S RIDICULOUS! hahaha)
[</em>] Why Stanford: 8 (ties in with the rest of my essays…)
[<em>] Other: 9 (Zoo School :] )[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: (not filling out, I apologize)[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: (not filling out, I apologize)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: (not filling out, I apologize)
[</em>] Additional Rec: (not filling out, I apologize)
[<em>] Interview:-----------
[</em>] Art Supplement:-------- (I chickened out as well… plus the due date was WAY too early)[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Halloween (a.k.a. LAST), at like 10:30 pm, I like living on the edge :]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Neb-to-the-raska
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle class for where I live, poor for where you live
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Damnit! None! [/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays :] They really brought out my personality, I worked on them SO MUCH. ACT. I go to a Science Focus Program. I could go on, but too many people here would not consider them strengths…
[</em>] Weaknesses: Everything. Subject tests, bad quarter grade report (too many B’s… <em>sigh</em>), no national FINALIST awards (tried to do intel, college professors here are so stingy; doing NHD again this year, but it will be June once it’s time for nationals). I’m not valedictorian, and started high school off with really shotty grades (started out freshman year ranked in the 60s, but steadily improved).
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think they want to see my semester grades, rather than my bad quarter grades. Will this seal the deal? Who knows?</p>[/li]
<p>But let me just say one thing, those of you who get perfect SAT scores and are looking at my scores and are having your eyeballs pop out of their sockets, or have been valedictorian all throughout high school, I guess from this stand point, none of that really matters as long as you’re in the ball park, and have a passion (serious passion) about life. I hope those of you who have trouble with this find it someday :] I’m rooting for you.
[li] What would you have done differently?: I don’t know. I feel proud of what I’ve done thus far. I was by no means a shoe in, that’s for sure, and I did my best with what I had at the time. I’m working hard, and love this burst of motivation. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments:
[GOOD LUCK TO EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WAS DEFERRED, WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT. I feel really lucky to be deferred from Stanford I truly see it as a silver lining because barely anybody gets deferred from Stanford (unlike MIT and Yale)! Please wish us all luck! :smiley: Keep optimistic!</p>

<p>Congratulations sooooooooooo much to those who’ve already made it in!! Don’t let us down. :smiley: I feel so happy seeing the credentials of those who were accepted, you guys make me proud!</p>

<p>Others who were rejected, my good friend who is valedictorian at my same school was rejected, goodness sake he is so smart! Don’t cry for too long, pick yourself back up. You know you’re intelligent, just don’t be cocky (there are so many people on here who for the “why do you think you were rejected” part put, “I don’t know”. Some of you have the right to say that, but honestly, that’s just your opinion man (oh my gosh! lebowski quote!) and you should learn to be a bit more humble.) Perhaps we’ll meet again someday :]](<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/824165-official-stanford-rea-admissions-2014-discussion-thread.html"“&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/824165-official-stanford-rea-admissions-2014-discussion-thread.html”&lt;/a&gt;)</p>

<p>I’m sending positive karma waves to all of you! Good luck with life!</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2160 (670CR, 760M, 730W)
[</em>] ACT:35
[<em>] SAT II:800 MathII, 780 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.3
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5/427
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses):World History (5) Calc BC (5) Physics B (5) US History (4) English Lang/Comp (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: very rigorous
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] none major</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): very involved
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities:[/ul]</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: 9[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 8
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: 7
[</em>] Roommate: 9
[<em>] Why Stanford: 8
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: 7
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 10
[<em>] Counselor Rec:6 (we didn’t get along)
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: n/a
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App:10/15
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):ny
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Gender: f
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] legacy</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
[Comment</a> on my decision!](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/824165-official-stanford-rea-admissions-2014-discussion-thread.html"]Comment”>Official Stanford REA Admissions 2014 Discussion Thread - Stanford University - College Confidential Forums)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (690 CR, 670 M, 650 W)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 700 Math II, 600 US History, 520 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA:4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/72
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): n/a
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest offered, but not saying much from my school.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):3x State champion in computer science. Debate State Octafinalist.[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): CS, Debate, Student Council, Movement Against Stupid Habits
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Photography self start-up
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: not much, health clinic and blood bank freshmen summer.
[</em>] Summer Activities: travelling, relaxing, picture taking, [/ul]</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects): [list]
[li] Common App Main: 7. The time I published an article in our school newspaper that my principle stood firmly against.[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 8. Missing out of state because of one judge and then deciding to stick with it even though it is very subjective.
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: 7. Photography
[</em>] Roommate: 9. My small-town mannerisms
[<em>] Why Stanford: 8. My goals in life
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Strong (Chemistry/Physics/AP Chem teacher that was very eager to write a recommendation for me)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Good (I’m not really sure on either how they were, but this is what I’m assuming.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good (but she completed it last minute.
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: n/a
[</em>] Art Supplement: n/a[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Nov 1st
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[</em>] School Type: Pretty small
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: < $50,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, from a small town??[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Worked hard and accomplished a lot coming from a small town with little opportunities.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low SAT I/II scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
Wow. I still cannot believe I got in. I’m not exactly sure how, but I’m super excited!!! Thank you Stanford! I see some amazing people who got rejected, and it’s a bittersweet feeling. Good luck to everyone with their remaining colleges!</p>

<p>Okay, I calculated the rates for us so far</p>

<p>Acceptance Rate: 36.6% (26/71)
Deferral: 15.5% (11/71)
Rejection: 47.9% (34/71)</p>

<p>This seems pretty optimistic, but I’m pretty sure this is biased because of us all being CCers. There may be some slight inaccuracy (not sure if I counted everyone EXACTLY correctly), but that’s what I have so far.</p>

<p>Whether you were accepted, deferred, or rejected, I commend all of you for putting up your stats, helping all of us get a bigger picture of the REA Decisions this year and to help the class of 2015.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Psychology (4), US History (4), Calc AB, Biology, English
[li] Senior Year Course Load: My classes overlap each other and I’m taking Chinese at a local University on top of that.</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):[/li]Class President (9,12)
Student Council (Conference Rep 11,12; Treasurer 11; President 12)
Yearbook (Business Admin 11; Editor 12)
Cross Country (Varsity 11,12; Honor. Mention All-Conf. 11; 2nd Team All-Conf. 12; State Qualifier 12; Team Captain 12; Most Improved 11)
Track (Varsity 11,12; Most Improved 11; Sectional Qualifier 4x800m 11)
Green Team (Founder, My current project is to implement solar panels for our school’s electricity consumption.)
Forensics (State Qualifier 10, 11; Perfect Score at State (Gold Medal) 10)
Musical (Lead Role 9, 10, 12)
Band (First Chair Trombone 12; State Solo and Ensemble 11)
Badger Boys State Rep Representative
Strategic Planning Comm. (12)</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer 08 - Landscaping Job
June '09 - Present: Resort Clerk
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Yeah. A lot.
[li] Summer Activities:[/ul] Working, Baseball League, 5Ks, Freshman Orientation, BBS 09, Other Misc.</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main:I thought it was a 10, but I’m not sure anymore. About my experience as an exchange student in Japan.[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: Wrote about how Student Council has expanded under my leadership. Like an 8.
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: Talked about being on the school board’s strategic planning committee which involved developing guidelines for the school district. A 9.
[</em>] Roommate: My worst easily. I just talked about what an average day would be for me. My quirks, etc. Probably a 6.
[<em>] Why Stanford: Explained what I liked about my visit. My desire to work with the Haas Center for Public Service and also the Bing overseas program. I explained why I liked the quarter system… I don’t know…
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Really good. My physics/chem teacher/student council adviser. She explained how I asked for AP Physics work since all that’s available at our school is intro to physics, which I thought was a nice touch. She really went into great detail about my community service efforts (organizing blood drives, dances for the food pantry, etc.) and about my leadership in student council.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: This one was different. The teacher I asked worked in admissions at a nearby college (which I actually didn’t know until after he wrote the rec) several years ago. He wrote it from kind of an odd perspective of how he would examine my application as an admissions person and… I don’t know… It was weird. May have backfired, but I didn’t really expect what he gave me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Haven’t read it, but she really likes me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Track coach. Again, didn’t read it, but I know he talked about my athletic transformation between my Sophomore and Jr. year. I was one of the slowest people on the track team, but I worked at it all summer, dropped forty pounds, and became one of the best mid-/distance runners we have.
[<em>] Interview: None
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] None</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/30
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Small, Small, Small Public with about 350 kids.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: $150,000+ (barely)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
First-Gen
My dad was an immigrant but I don’t know if that really even matters.</p>

<p>Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, Recs, Grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test Score (Retook ACT today, a little too late. Would’ve been done in October, but I had Cross Country Sectionals that morning)</p>

<p>General Comments:
I don’t know. When I read the e-mail it just kind of knocked the wind out of me. I just don’t understand what else I could’ve done.</p>

<p>If anyone sees anything wrong with mine, I would appreciate a PM.</p>

<p>the stats posted by rolandic are skewed. the numbers may be correct for posters on CC, but skewed nonetheless.</p>

<p>number of deferrals is larger than it should be…as is the number of acceptances.</p>

<p>the most skewed is probably deferrals. they didnt get a definitive reply and want more information/answers. they are poking around CC looking for an idea of what their chances may be come april.</p>

<p>the accepted kids just are super energetic about telling the world they got in. they just want to vent their happiness somewhere.</p>

<p>the denied kids don’t wanna talk about it (usually). they are sad and want to view some profiles of those accepted so they can see what they weren’t. but they dont wanna post their own profiles or any of that. they want to move on to the rest of their college list. they dont post as much as those deferred or accepted.</p>

<p>don’t get me wrong. the profiles/stats of those accpeted/deffered/denied are very helpful. but don’t read too much into the numbers or percentages (i.e. accepted rate)</p>

<p>+1</p>

<p>As we’d say in Statistics, the sample suffers from voluntary response bias.</p>

<p>Yes, they’re obviously skewed because it is based on Voluntary response, but they’re accurate in the sense that based on this forum (which is skewed) it’s accurate.</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 W, 690 M, 680 CR
[</em>] SAT II: 770 Biology M, 770 Spanish, 660 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Weighted GPA: 4.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/210
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), Spanish (5), Euro History (4)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP English Lang, AP Government, Physics Honors</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NHS president senior year, NHS vp junior year, Student council 11th & 12th grade, cross country, english honor society, math honor society, spanish honor society</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[list]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: 7[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 9
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: 10
[</em>] Roommate: 10
[<em>] Why Stanford: 8
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: 8
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 7
[li] Counselor Rec: 8</p>[/li]
<p>Other[list]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/17
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, extra curriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs
[*] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my essays definitely saved me. my SATs aren’t so stellar so i thought that i would be rejected</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260: Math=700; Critical Reading=800; Writing=760
[</em>] ACT: 35 (English: 36; Reading Comprehension: 35; Science: 35; Math: 32; Writing: 8 (out of 12))
[<em>] SAT II: Math I: 670/740 (Taken 9th Grade/12th Grade); Chemistry: 620 (Taken after only a basic Chemistry course…super arrogant sophomore days…agh…); Literature: 720; U.S. History: 760; Math II: 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.0 (Not really distinguishable.)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/644
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): English Language (5); U.S. Gov. (4); U.S. History (5); European History (5); Statistics (5); Japanese (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Intense–school works on block schedule: 1st Semester = AP Calc AB; AP Microeconomics (Year-long); AP English Literature (Year-long); Physics II Gifted; Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry Gifted (Yeah, long story.) 2nd Semeter= AP Calc BC; AP Physics; AP Econ/Lit; AP French (Virtual Class)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]
Doesn’t feel like too many…National Merit Semifinalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; Aquired Japanese Language of Proficiency Certificate (Level 3 on JLPT)</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): J.V. Soccer (Co-Captain); Beta Club (President); French Club (President); Spanish Club (V.P.); National Honor Society/National Hispanic Honor Society; Foreign Exchange Student to Japan
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Youth Soccer Referee (Certified)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots with Beta Club and National Honor Society
[</em>] Summer Activities:[/ul] Foreign language immersion camps with Concordia College, MN; Study Abroad Program for high school credit in France</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects): I refuse to rate these numerically, sorry![list]
[li] Common App Main: Foreign Exchange Experience–One specific incident. (Very basic, a couple of typos…scarily enough.)[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: Soccer Refereeing (Leadership Development, not too bad.)
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: Direct Conversation–Specifically an instance in France about History (Slightly above average? Wasn’t too confident.)
[</em>] Roommate: Expounded upon my personality as a xenophile, tried to come across as really passionate. (Personal favorite.)
[<em>] Why Stanford: Stated personal experience (a.k.a how amazed I was after I visited) and strong academic programs (Specific)
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP U.S. History Teacher–Somewhat generic, but very good remarks.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Statistics/Calculus–Very detailed.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good; She seems to like me.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[</em>] Art Supplement: N/A[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 26 October
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A (Spent a semester in Japan)
[</em>] School Type: Public–Rural, but large
[<em>] Ethnicity: Multiracial (Filipino/Caucasian)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: <$100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Hmmm…is being a foreign exchange student considered one?[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Tried to convey my passion towards the study of International Relations and my intense love of foreign language, so essays were basic but made that clear; Transcript; Very honest, admitted what my true favorite books were, despite academic merit and whatnot.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Typos!; SAT II Scores; Not super rigorous classes Freshman/Sophomore year.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I am still really, incredibly surprised that I was accepted. I sincerely hoped for at least a deferral upon submitting. Though, perhaps my passion towards studying abroad was a main draw. Just being startlingly sincere and upfront maybe?
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Re-read over my essays more carefully to prevent typos!! Goodness…and studied harder for SAT IIs.[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
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<p>Best of luck to all of those reading this wanting to weigh their chances. While I hope my profile is helpful, please don’t take much stock in it, as there are so many uncontrollable variables when it comes to admissions. Just, please be upfront and completely sincere in all aspects of your application! Display your passion (whatever it may be) as glaringly obvious as possible.</p>

<p>To those who have had to swallow the bitter pill of disappointment from being denied or get crushed by uncertainty from deferral, it is really upsetting to read all of your profiles because you all seem as equally likely–or more so in many cases—to be Stanford students, and I probably can’t even come close to imagining how you are feeling right now. But, alas, you are still all assuredly bright people, and I earnestly wish you the best of luck in your other applications!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 750 Writing, 750 Math, 720 Critical Reading

  • ACT: n/a
  • SAT II: 800 US History, 780 World History, 750 Biology M
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Weighted GPA: 4.3
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/436
  • AP (place score in parentheses): World History (5/no class), US History (5), Biology (5), Calculus AB (5), English Language and Composition (5)
  • IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
  • Senior Year Course Load: Most Rigourous Avaliable
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, Honor Band of America</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Instrumental Music (Section Leader, Squad leader, numerous honor bands including performance with Professional Orchestra); ASB (Class President, Vice President, Prom Committee Chair, Homecoming Coordinator); FBLA (State Council Member); Journalism (Copy and Front Page Editor); School Site Council (Parliamentarian)

  • Job/Work Experience: n/a
  • Volunteer/Community service: Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project (CLYLP)
  • Summer Activities:
    </code></pre>

<p>School summer school/ community college classes (two years of spanish and Business Law)/ CLYLP Sacramento and Los Angeles Conferences</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>* Essays (Include Subjects):
o Common App Main: The redefining of my racial views courtesy of the CLYLP conference. 8
o EC Short Answer: The many aspects of music guarantee me a distinct experience 7
o Intellectual Vitality: How I learned to balance technique and emotion in my musical expression. Brilliant closing line. 8
o Roommate: Spoke on a program that enriched my mind and released the adventurer within thorugh exploring different parts of the world. 8.5
o Why Stanford: Not only did I speak on why I wanted to attend Stanford (History Honors Thesis, Wind Ensemble, Haas Center), but I framed it around the word epic. 9
o Other:

  • Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Biology teacher and College Coordinator. Personal relationship over four years. Stanford alumni. 10
  • Teacher Recommendation #2: English 3 AP teacher and Journalism adviser. Personal Relationship over 2 years. 9
  • Counselor Rec: I only had a professional relationship with her, but she related the anecdote on how I played a significant role in restructuring my school’s AP program. 8
  • Additional Rec: Current Stanford senior who is the executive-director and co-founder of SEE College Prep. Personal Relationship over two years. 8.5
  • Interview: n/a
  • Art Supplement:
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Date Submitted App: November 1

  • State (if domestic applicant): CA
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Latino
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: Middle Class
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>Minority Student</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: Extensive involvement in music and leadership organizations. Focused on a small number of activities.

  • Weaknesses: I should have done more community service. Typos!!!
  • Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I started working on personal statements in July and went over 30 drafts for each one. My contacts on campus gave me useful information.
  • What would you have done differently?:
    </code></pre>

<p>Started earlier.</p>

<p>General Comments:
Comment on my decision!
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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT:36
[<em>] SAT II:n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):n/a
[<em>] Weighted GPA:4.2
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):60/500
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses):MicroEcon, Calc BC, Gov-- all 5’s
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Stats, Poetry, AP Biology, AP Psych
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National merit semifinalist, Illinois State Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Volleyball (captain), Club Volleyball (Captain, Top 100 recruit), Theater productions, Show choir, league of voters
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hurricane relief, Mexican hunger relief, flood relief
[</em>] Summer Activities:[/ul]</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: about witnessing a miracle: 8[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: about volleyball: 7
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: about metaphysics and the pliability of spacetime: 8
[</em>] Roommate: mehh, about getting involved in the community: 6
[<em>] Why Stanford: about wanting to work with certain professors: 7
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1:did not see
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2:did not see
[<em>] Counselor Rec:mediocre
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App:
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):Illinois
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:male
[<em>] Income Bracket: lower middle-class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] published poet</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses:grades
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: they can’t handle me
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]slept with an admission counselor</p>

<p>General Comments:
[Comment</a> on my decision!](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/824165-official-stanford-rea-admissions-2014-discussion-thread.html"]Comment”>Official Stanford REA Admissions 2014 Discussion Thread - Stanford University - College Confidential Forums)Stanford will be getting my application for grad school</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 CR 800 Math 690 WR 800
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Bio E 780 Lit 760 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Weighted GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio, Lit, World History, Environmental Science, Psych (all 5s, all studied out of school as my school offers no APs) and Spanish (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: very but not most rigorous
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Scholastic Art and Writing awards (several national writing awards) a couple other poetry and writing awards, national latin awards, national merit semifinalist, ap scholar w/ distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Ocean Science team (Captain) math team, started and run organic garden, also do painting and drawing, worked for Obama campaign, Columbia Science Honors Program
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: work at 2 jewelry stores all 4 years of high school
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities:[/ul] conservation/environmental biodiversity research intern</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: life-changing realizing rainforest was being cut down/union of humanities and science (8) [/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: conservation work
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: breeding new varieties of plants to grow better in my cold climate (10)
[</em>] Roommate: quirky (9)
[<em>] Why Stanford: loved visit, great science and attitude :slight_smile: (8)<br>
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: English teacher I knew for 3 years, LOVES ME, and I him (10)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Bio teacher, really nice but a bit restrained (7)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: they dont like me (4)
[</em>] Additional Rec: marine biologist I worked for (8)
[<em>] Interview: pretty good??
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: day before
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: >100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] writing awards?</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: extracurriculars, awards, well-written essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: counselor rec, no athletics, unimpressive course load, no community service
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: worked very hard on application, good writer, everything was connected and genuine
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] no regrets</p>

<p>General Comments:
[Comment</a> on my decision!](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/824165-official-stanford-rea-admissions-2014-discussion-thread.html"]Comment”>Official Stanford REA Admissions 2014 Discussion Thread - Stanford University - College Confidential Forums) I’m so happy! I wish everyone was accepted, but to those that aren’t, I’m sure you’ll find somewhere wonderful!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 composite, 800 CR, 800 writing, 760 math
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t send any in
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32 / 716
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): world history 5, euro history 5, spanish lang 5, bio 5, apush 5, english lang 5, music theory 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: calc bc, ap french 4, ap english lit, ap govt/econ, yearbook
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] nothing major, some small state/regional awards</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): yearbook (editor in chief), debate (extemp speaking captain), model un (secretary), young democrats (publicity director), varisty cross country, varsity track, kung fu, french symposium, national honor society (chairperson), french national honor society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: weekly volunteer at a cancer center, coach the middle school debate team every summer
[</em>] Summer Activities: basically, absolutely nothing. i had to stretch it to fill up all the characters.
[<em>] Essays: i think they were pretty solid. my common app essay was about my debate teacher in middle school who unsuccessfully ran for congress. i talked about learning the difference between speaking and communicating, and included a humorous anecdote about confusing hamas (the palestinian organization) and hummus (the mediterranean appetizer). my intellectual vitality was my best-written essay but wildly off-topic. it was about volunteering at the cancer center by giving out hats to different patients, and revolved around a metaphor of putting on a different hat and seeing things a different way. my roommate really pushed the fact that i’m comprised of a lot of different ethnicities by comparing quiet, reserved, white-people christmases at my dad’s with the loud rambunctious cuban parties at my mom’s. why stanford was a bit weird - it compared my accomplishments in high school to inertia, and painted stanford as a place with opportunities to continue things i had started accidentally.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: one GREAT teacher rec, but she had been an academic teacher in the 10th grade (french). one that was probably solid from an english teacher in 11th and 12th. no science or math.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: meh. generic.
[</em>] Additional Rec: a good one from my volunteer coordinator.
[li] Interview: n/a[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: black/cuban/mexican
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: the highest one (two doctor parents)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy from dad, uncle, and aunt[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, the french teacher rec, well rounded extracurriculars, good sat score
[</em>] Weaknesses: no sat 2s, not much science/math represented in my courses, not a great rank
[li] Why you think you were accepted: being a solid, okay candidate, + minority, + legacy. honestly i dont think i would have gotten in without those two things. i come from a really large public school thats top 100 in the nation. our valedictorian and our saludatorian, both of which had really good extracurrics too, didn’t get in.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: for all of you who didn’t get in, know that it’s absolutely arbitrary. my two best friends also didn’t get in, and everyone thought they were for sure.</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 M: 770 CR: 770 W: 800
[</em>] ACT: didnt send
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2C: 800 Chem: 760 Lit: 750
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87, 4.0 at U of M (took some classes there)
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesnt rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chem(5) Stats(5) AB Calc(5) English(5) Spanish(4) Literature(4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: very hard for school, AP Calc BC, AP Biology, AP Spanish Lit, Honors Physics, Honors Shakespeare, Physchology of Communications (required senior class)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Merit Semi-Finalist, AP Scholar with Disctinction</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
-Piano since 1st grade - 1st in state Junior Young Artist, 1st in state 9th grade auditions, 1 out of 20 students winner of state competition every year, passed piano exam and theory exam every year with high distinction,
-Cello: in highest level youth orchestra in state
-Varsity Volleyball 3 years (Captain) All-state academic, all-conference honorable mention 2 years
-School Newspaper 4 years (editor-in-chief)
-Destination Imagination since 3rd grade (DI Leadership Award, team manager) state champions since 7th grade, went to globals and placed 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th and 11th past 5 years, 1st at globals for my music compositions
-SIAC: leadership group at school who are chosen by application
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scout Bronze and Gold Award
[</em>] Summer Activities: Cuernavaca mexico for 1 month homestay, Biene School of Music at northwestern for a month to study piano[/ul]</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Thanksgiving and the combination of 2 cultures 9[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: Volleyball 8
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: Religion as an example of my love of learning 9
[</em>] Roommate: curiosity and laidback person 8
[<em>] Why Stanford: students passion 9<br>
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Chemistry teacher, 9
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP English teacher, 10
[<em>] Counselor Rec: probably somewhat generic but 8
[</em>] Additional Rec: DI Coach, 8
[<em>] Interview: Went well, 9
[</em>] Art Supplement: Piano solo, my resume was very strong, 9[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: October 14
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private, very rigorous
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:200K+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Mom was from stanford graduate school [/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, extra curriculars, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: grades, asian female
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i think i was deferred because they like me overall but they thought there might be other people more competitive than me who apply regular. I think being an asian female is hard b/c its very competitive. My grades were not extremely strong
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: I don’t know[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
2000 SAT I (breakdown): 770 math, 630 read, 600 writing
30 ACT: 33 math, 33 sci, 30 reading, 22 writing+essay
2270 SAT II: 770 Bio M, 760 Chem, 740 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 combined 3.9 junior year
Weighted GPA: 4.5 combined, 4.9 junior
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 75/500 (smart class, bad freshman+softmore years)
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5), Biology (5), World history (3), French (2 lol)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP physics, AP calc, Japanese (college level), English (college class), Political science 101 (college class), Government 101 (college)</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Rally racing
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Interned at a research laboratory for a month abroad. Also interned in a law firm which was also abroad.
[li] Summer Activities:[/ul]Travelling, interning, and volunteering. </p>[/li]
<p>Writing :[ul]
[<em>] Essays :[list]
[li] Common App Main:Culture and backround[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer:Law office internship
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality:Research institute internship
[</em>] Roommate:Culture
[<em>] Why Stanford:Research article about Stanford research on fiber optic neuro communitcators from Wired magazine [/ul]
[li] Other:[/list][/li][li] Teacher Recommendation #1:Chemistry teacher likes me[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2:Biology, top of class, only 5 in school
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Counselor likes me
[</em>] Interview:None[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Oct. 20
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Turkish (white european)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Undeclared
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st generation immigrant, culture, motivation[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Math, Chemistry, Biology, Essay, SAT 2
[</em>] Weaknesses:English, SAT, AP french lol
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No legacy, SAT scores, mediocre GPA due to english classes
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:Couldnt have put any more effort into this application, I tried my best… it just wasnt enough. [/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (740CR:760M:780W)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 800 US History: 760 Bio E: 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): US History 5 Spanish Language 5 Biology 4
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Adv and AP Physics, Human Evolution, American Government, Varsity Jazz Band, AP Calc BC, AP English Literature, Shakespeare
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar, Cum Laude Society[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): SADD, School Stuff, Church stuff, Basketball (JV MVP), Tennis, EPGY
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of random stuff
[</em>] Summer Activities: EPGY, community service, church leadership conference, etc.[/ul]</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Being a Charlotte Bobcats fan in AZ. 7-8[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: About Life Teen club (Church). 7
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: Writing a novel. 7
[</em>] Roommate: Said a lot about me. 10
[<em>] Why Stanford: Kindda boring…5
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10. She loooves me.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8 or 9. I’ve known her since freshman year but not the most verbose writer.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably 8 or 9
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[<em>] Interview: Nope
[</em>] Art Supplement: Nope[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/29
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: No FA for me
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, Roomate Essay, recs?
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, other essays, lack of focused ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I haven’t figured out what I wanna do with my life, so there was no central focus of my app. I spent too much time trying to be well-rounded rather than finding one thing I love. Too vanilla.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Worked harder sophmore year, found my passion, etc.[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 750 W, 790 M)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math 2, 800 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[<em>] Weighted GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (somewhere near the toppish)
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: N/A
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, really.</p>

<p>Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Students’ Council (Treasurer, executive council), Soccer, Environmental Activist (i’m in copenhagen right now!)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern with Ministry of Defence, Intern with Ministry of Foreign Affairs
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Through Students’ Council, a whole lot of hours. Also help out with community meet-the-people sessions, about 90h
[</em>] Summer Activities: Aforementioned internships, leaders’ camps and community camps as a facilitator and mentor, Chemistry Olympiad on the local level, read</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[list]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: 8- about my pondering my heritage and purpose in life, and newfound passion in environmentalism (but really long, like 1100 words)[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 5 -i don’t really recall. Nothing out of the ordinary.
[<em>] Intellectual Vitality: 7 -about my research essay into Jihad, and a brief exploration on the value of truth
[</em>] Roommate: 8 -i wrote a letter (turns out nearly everyone did), emphasizing my funnn side
[<em>] Why Stanford: 9 -i wrote it like a love letter to a future boyfriend. slightly mushy!
[</em>] Other: nope [/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: My philosophy teacher- probably awesome, 10
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: My economics teacher- I top this class, so expected to be pretty good, 8
[<em>] Counselor Rec: In our school, our civic tutors (each class has one) writes these. Should be generic but positive- 7
[</em>] Additional Rec: My Students’ Council teacher. Personal, narrative-style, fantastic, true to my personality- 9
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[</em>] Art Supplement: N/A [/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 28 Oct 2009
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: I don’t qualify for financial aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none [/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: my essays (from the feedback I’ve received, my style is eloquent and unique), my grades, my recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs seem generic, although I loved them and it came out as I wrote the essays.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: A big part was luck. I think my personality and drive came through in my essays, and my teacher recommendations probably tilted the balance in my favour, and perhaps that balanced off my lack of amazing pointy ECs.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Taken harder courses. I was really bored at the final exams period. Become an activist earlier. Felt more confident to deviate from social norms earlier. Studied less, learned more. [/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:
I am ecstatic and in a state of disbelief!! Looking at all the amazing people here, I feel utterly undeserving. Please, if you didn’t get in, it says NOTHING about you as a person, or your activities. You are all amazing people. And to those who did get in, CONGRATULATIONS, I hope to see you at Stanford next year!</p>

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